Anonymous
06/09/2022 14:46
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You’re insecure OP. I’m a short Asian American woman and it’s ridiculous to me that you don’t feel like your looks are represented still.
I think people who get fixated on stuff like this are usually not responding to the actual cultural zeitgeist (which I agree hasn't preferred the icy blue-eyed, blonde look over others for decades) but to something more personal. I had a friend in college who was always complaining about how "everyone" at our school was blonde and thin and tall and it made her feel unattractive. She was thin, gorgeous, and had dark hair and huge and beautiful brown eyes, and I was always confused by her complaints because our school was very diverse and while there were tall thin blondes, they definitely didn't dominate the school or even the sororities.
Turns out her mom was blonde but she'd inherited her dad's coloring and had always felt weird about it. She wanted to look like her mom. When she went places, her eyes would be drawn to the blonde women and she simply would not see other people, thus giving her the impression that "everyone" looked that way. It was 100% her issue and didn't really have anything to do with what other people thought our preferred. Guys drooled over her wherever she went and she still had this idea that if only she was taller and blonder, her life would be better.
It was sad.
It’s cultural. BTW, Argentina and Brazil have many people of Italian descent.
BS. I don't find Italian women to be some rare coveted beauties. Sure they are many attractive women but I've never heard Italian women lauded as a whole for their beauty.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 14:09
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You’re insecure OP. I’m a short Asian American woman and it’s ridiculous to me that you don’t feel like your looks are represented still.
I think people who get fixated on stuff like this are usually not responding to the actual cultural zeitgeist (which I agree hasn't preferred the icy blue-eyed, blonde look over others for decades) but to something more personal. I had a friend in college who was always complaining about how "everyone" at our school was blonde and thin and tall and it made her feel unattractive. She was thin, gorgeous, and had dark hair and huge and beautiful brown eyes, and I was always confused by her complaints because our school was very diverse and while there were tall thin blondes, they definitely didn't dominate the school or even the sororities.
Turns out her mom was blonde but she'd inherited her dad's coloring and had always felt weird about it. She wanted to look like her mom. When she went places, her eyes would be drawn to the blonde women and she simply would not see other people, thus giving her the impression that "everyone" looked that way. It was 100% her issue and didn't really have anything to do with what other people thought our preferred. Guys drooled over her wherever she went and she still had this idea that if only she was taller and blonder, her life would be better.
It was sad.
It’s cultural. BTW, Argentina and Brazil have many people of Italian descent.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:57
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:You’re insecure OP. I’m a short Asian American woman and it’s ridiculous to me that you don’t feel like your looks are represented still.
I think people who get fixated on stuff like this are usually not responding to the actual cultural zeitgeist (which I agree hasn't preferred the icy blue-eyed, blonde look over others for decades) but to something more personal. I had a friend in college who was always complaining about how "everyone" at our school was blonde and thin and tall and it made her feel unattractive. She was thin, gorgeous, and had dark hair and huge and beautiful brown eyes, and I was always confused by her complaints because our school was very diverse and while there were tall thin blondes, they definitely didn't dominate the school or even the sororities.
Turns out her mom was blonde but she'd inherited her dad's coloring and had always felt weird about it. She wanted to look like her mom. When she went places, her eyes would be drawn to the blonde women and she simply would not see other people, thus giving her the impression that "everyone" looked that way. It was 100% her issue and didn't really have anything to do with what other people thought our preferred. Guys drooled over her wherever she went and she still had this idea that if only she was taller and blonder, her life would be better.
It was sad.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:50
Subject: Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
I think someone like Reese Witherspoon looks great both as a brunette and a blonde. Although I believe her natural color is blonde so that’s probably why she can rock both looks. I do think Angelina Jolie however it looks exceptional as a brunette and terrible as a blonde.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:50
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am dark skinned and dark haired. My DH is opposite - very fair. He loves everything about me. I am ok with only him considering me beautiful.
+1
I married a green-eyed blonde. He has only dated brunettes. He loves brunettes.
I'm a blue-eyed brunette who only dated blonde men prior. I have a thing for the Vikings and Scandinavians. My teen sons are blue-eyed blondes. One has my olive coloring and tans very easily. The other is fair like my husband.
Same, obsessed with Scandinavian men!
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:34
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand all these brunettes saying they’ve tried blonde. There is no way I could go blonde, even with the world’s best stylist. I would look ridiculous.
Picture Jennifer Connelly or Rachel Weisz as a blonde. Nope.
+1. It never looks right to go beyond 2-3 shades from your natural color.
ITA. Those brunettes are level 3 or 4, so at max they can go to 6, which is a medium brown. I'm a level 6 naturally and can go to 8 base (medium blonde) easily and without bleach. I get highlights to make it lighter, but I'm not going to try 12. Also, if you go 3+ shades blonder, you need to color the eyebrows too.
There are so many celebrities who look atrocious with blonde hair: kendall jenner, billie eilish, shay mitchell, kylie jenner, zendaya, selena gomez. Some get it right: lucy hale, rosie huntington-whiteley, gigi hadid, jennifer aniston. Those started with a lighter natural base.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393079873727464582/
Anonymous
06/08/2022 18:35
Subject: Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blonde is attractive because it's associated with youth. This isn't racism but the ageism inherent in the laws of attraction. Youth=fertility. It's that simple.
Why would blonde be associated with youth?
I’m a natural blonde and my hair darkened during/just after my pregnancy, and it stayed that way. When I was a child and teen/young adult, it was bright blonde. Many blondes’ hair darkens with age and/or pregnancy, so yeah, in my family, blonde is associated with youth.
Oddly, mine also darkened to a reddish brown during pregnancy and nursing, both times. Then it went back to warm blonde.... I was never ash blonde. Now I have greys, but not as much as most my age- 60s. Very few grays
Anonymous
06/08/2022 18:17
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Whatever your hair color, as long as it's full and shiny I'm sure it will turn heads (if that's what is important to you).
Unfortunately that is an exceedingly rare trait as we get older.
Unfortunately that is an exceedingly rare trait as we get older.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 14:37
Subject: Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:I’m not sorry. I like all the attention I get from being blonde. Not sorry it bother you, either.
You sound so kind. (lol). I bet you describe yourself as a feminist too? Well you aren't.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 14:31
Subject: Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Funny, the lighter my hair is, the less attention I would get, I look washed out. Don't ever assume that this blonde myth is true.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 13:09
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
You’re insecure OP. I’m a short Asian American woman and it’s ridiculous to me that you don’t feel like your looks are represented still.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 11:48
Subject: Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blonde is attractive because it's associated with youth. This isn't racism but the ageism inherent in the laws of attraction. Youth=fertility. It's that simple.
Why would blonde be associated with youth?
I’m a natural blonde and my hair darkened during/just after my pregnancy, and it stayed that way. When I was a child and teen/young adult, it was bright blonde. Many blondes’ hair darkens with age and/or pregnancy, so yeah, in my family, blonde is associated with youth.
if you were born blonde then its ok to dye your hair later on, it looks like silly when people who have never been blonde or from ethnic backgrounds where blonde is impossible do it
I’m the PP who would look like Jennifer Connelly or Rachel Weisz as a blonde. I’m a medium olive Jew with nearly black hair. I had strawberry blonde hair till I was five.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 11:41
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:I am dark skinned and dark haired. My DH is opposite - very fair. He loves everything about me. I am ok with only him considering me beautiful.
+1
I married a green-eyed blonde. He has only dated brunettes. He loves brunettes.
I'm a blue-eyed brunette who only dated blonde men prior
. I have a thing for the Vikings and Scandinavians. My teen sons are blue-eyed blondes. One has my olive coloring and tans very easily. The other is fair like my husband.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 11:39
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most blondes aren’t real blondes. They are bottled.
And that is because of blonde envy. And that is because blondes have more fun. QED.
Actually, nah. It's harder to keep your greys at bay when you have dark hair. People go lighter with age or they would literally have to be dying it every week or so.
Anonymous
06/08/2022 11:37
Subject: Re:Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women
Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand all these brunettes saying they’ve tried blonde. There is no way I could go blonde, even with the world’s best stylist. I would look ridiculous.
Picture Jennifer Connelly or Rachel Weisz as a blonde. Nope.
Yeah. Sandra Bullock looked awful in 'The Blind Side' as a blonde. She's looks very young for her age as a dark brunette.